The value of rim brake bikes seems to be plummeting

[Clean39T]

Originally Posted by Lanternrouge

Also, the more you ride your bike, the better the value you are getting from it.

Bingo. I'm finally learning this lesson....


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[colker]

Ergo shifting changed riding. Wide rims made clincher ride quality get close to tubular. Disc brakes made bikes heavier and devalued rim brake bicycles. Great success.

[buddybikes]

Originally Posted by colker

Ergo shifting changed riding. Wide rims made clincher ride quality get close to tubular. Disc brakes made bikes heavier and devalued rim brake bicycles. Great success.

Ergo shifting changed riding. Wide rims made clincher ride quality get close to tubular. Clipless pedals saved some knees. Disc brakes made bikes heavier, pain in the *ss to disassemble on the road or car, and devalued rim brake bicycles. Great success.

[cmg]

Just kind of wonder what percentage of new bike sales are to new riders? I'd say 60% are to the n+1 crowd.

[Jimbo251]

I've 5 bikes and all of them are rim brake.
Hampsten Strada Bianca
Speedvagen road
Moots Compact SL
Zank Aluminato road
Peg MXXXXXO
The Caveat here being that I'm old, fat and slow and spent any future bike purchases on a home in Central Oregon. My type of riding is pavement, I like the road and am one of the few that doesn't care for the big gravel craze with big tires.
I'm also one of the few who's idea of a beautiful road bike is steel, rim brake and Campy. Mechanical at that.

The bikes I lust after are all rim brake: A Peg Round, Stelbel Antenore, Kirk Onesto or Field works. I've found that Campy Bora's with the new brake track have excellent braking.
What I really want more than disc's is to ride the "old" bikes I have and be lean and fit. A nice 4 hour ride on steel (again with great fitness) is my dream best day so I don't need Disc's for that.

Hopefully Campy will continue with mechanical drivetrains and rim brakes, cuz I still need to upgrade my old bikes to 12 spd.

[Mark McM]

Originally Posted by cmg

Just kind of wonder what percentage of new bike sales are to new riders? I'd say 60% are to the n+1 crowd.

While that may be true at the high end, I'd bet that most sales of low (and even medium) end bikes are to new riders.

[pdmtong]

I said goodbye to my 2013 Vamoots CR today. The last year with the integrated binder. It went as shown without the Bora's, pedals and saddle

For the f/f/hs/post/cages I slvaged around 50% MSRP - is that life considering the changes in cycling preferences? If I sell my ciavete responsorium am I looking at the same haircut? Happy the new owner is stoked but easy come easy go as that money goes right back towards my daughter's summer internship abroad. But guess what? She is finishing a year early so I get a pass on senior year tuition and housing.

[FlashUNC]

Ciavete Respo will have a bit stronger market friendo.

[pdmtong]

Originally Posted by FlashUNC

Ciavete Respo will have a bit stronger market friendo.

I hope so . . .

[Spdntrxi]

having just built up a 2006 Moots... that's a hard bike to part with.

[Lanternrouge]

Originally Posted by pdmtong

I said goodbye to my 2013 Vamoots CR today. The last year with the integrated binder. It went as shown without the Bora's, pedals and saddle

For the f/f/hs/post/cages I slvaged around 50% MSRP - is that life considering the change

That’s pretty good in the current market.

[rallizes]

Originally Posted by pdmtong

I hope so . . .

have a photo of the pegoretti?

[pdmtong]

Originally Posted by Spdntrxi

having just built up a 2006 Moots... that's a hard bike to part with.

Agreed. But it was the Moots or the Respo. Embarrassing first world problems. Make no mistake that CR with the RSL fork delivered downhill on a rail. Beautiful ride

[Spdntrxi]

I have a lot of frames hanging in the garage... my line is always yeah this old one hanging in the garage I'm gonna build up... you know that silver one from 2006.

[93KgBike]

Originally Posted by colker

Good news for those who are buying them.

Darn skippy